{"product_id":"nana-shiomi-mitate-57-snow","title":"Nana Shiomi: 見立て百景 (その57)「雪」 (One Hundred Views of Mitate No.57: Snow (Yuki))","description":"\u003ch6\u003eContemporary Woodblock Print\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA fabulous print by Nana Shiomi: 見立て百景 (その57)「雪」 (One Hundred Views of Mitate No.57: Snow (Yuki)). A quiet winter landscape emerges almost entirely through shades of white, silver-grey and soft charcoal, with a small stand of dark trees set against the pale form of a snow-covered mountain. Shiomi uses the whiteness of the paper as an active part of the image, allowing snow, sky and ground to merge into one another and creating one of the most atmospheric and restrained compositions in the series.\u003c\/em\u003e❄️\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYear \u0026amp; Edition: 2002 · Trial Proof (T.P.) (signed, titled \u0026amp; inscribed in pencil).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeries: 見立て百景 (One Hundred Views of Mitate) · No.57.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedium: Woodblock.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: Sheet H: 46.00 cm × W: 46.00 cm (Image H: 34.00 cm × W: 34.00 cm).\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Good. Slight mount line where previously framed. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes: 見立て百景 (One Hundred Views of Mitate) is Nana Shiomi’s one-hundred-print series created between 1998 and 2016. Mitate (見立て) refers to the practice of seeing something familiar in a new way, or finding another meaning within an established image or motif. In Snow, Shiomi moves away from the characteristic deep reds and ochres seen throughout much of the series, instead reducing the landscape to an exceptionally subtle range of whites and greys. Snow has long been an important seasonal subject within Japanese art and poetry, but here it becomes almost abstract: landscape, mountain and sky dissolve into one another, leaving only the dark trees to anchor the scene. This impression is additionally inscribed T.P. (Trial Proof) rather than numbered from the standard edition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003eAbout the Artist\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNana Shiomi (b. 1956, Osaka) is a Japanese printmaker best known for her 見立て百景 (One Hundred Views of Mitate) series. Trained at Tama Art University and the Royal College of Art, Shiomi combines traditional Japanese woodblock methods with a contemporary approach to familiar cultural motifs, exploring ideas of reflection, reversal and mitate - seeing one thing through another. Her work is held by the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum and British Museum, and in 2025 she was awarded Life Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in recognition of her contribution to printmaking. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.kumoarts.com\/collections\/nana-shiomi\"\u003e[ ← View All Works by Nana Shiomi]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kumo Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57941689336152,"sku":null,"price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/6745\/8648\/files\/NanaShiomi-Mitate-57-YukiThmb.jpg?v=1786462678","url":"https:\/\/www.kumoarts.com\/products\/nana-shiomi-mitate-57-snow","provider":"Kumo Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}